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REPORT      O-JjCf 


OF  THE 


COMMISSIONER  OF  PATENTS. 


Con'^ 


1., 


C.  S.  Patent  Office, 
Eichmoiui,  J?.n,  1864. 


To  the  Speaker  of  the  Jlcvse  of  Heprfsenfuiires,  C.  S.  A  : 

Sir:  In  ohodience  to  the  M*quircraents  of  the  23rd  seuiion  of  the 
act  estMl)]i.<hing  the  ratcnt  Ofiioe.  aftpiovt-d  ivj.ny  21,  1661,  I  lave 
the  h  nor  to  suhitiil;  ro. Congress  tho  ainiexed  list  of  Patents,  granted 
during  the  year  18  3.  so  cliiS!-ifie<i  aa  to  exhibit.  uLder  appropriate 
hoiidirij:8,  the  inv..  nfi<tn  or  discovery  upon  which  each  patent  is  found- 
ed ;  and,  as  furihf-r  r«  quire-',  hy  saiil  act,  an  alphahtticcil  list  of  the 
paienteoR  is  also  npendtd,  \\iih  the  place  of  rcBidencc  of  each  of  them 
duly  noted. 

'J  he  following  tables  will  cxplai:!  the  operations  of  the  oflGce,  during 
the  past,  and  thow  its  condition  at  ihe  commencement  of  the  present 
year: 

Nnmher  of  applications  for  patents  during  the  year,  114 

Caveats  filed,  47 

Patents  issued,  89 
U.  8.  patents,  and  ap.«ignmfnt  of  U.  S.   patents  in   ^ivholc 

or  in  part,  recoidcd  and  revived,  13 


Amonnt  of  raney  received,  $5,670  00 

Amount  of  money  on  hand,  January  1,  1SC3,                           2,607  97 

Amount  expended,  5,709  05 

Balance  on  hand,  .$2,508  13 


.STATEMENT  No.  1. 

MoneyB  reopived  at  tho  Patent  OfBc-^  from  Dec.  31,  1862,  to  Jan- 
uary 1,  1864: 

On  applications  for  patents,  4,330  0(7 

On  Caveats,  650  00 

On  U.  y.  patents,  and  assignments  of  U.  S.  patents  in 
whole  or  part,  recordeil  and  revised,  and  f(»r  making 
the  drawings  re<jiiired  in  connecii'tn  therewith,  195  00 

For  copies  of  drawings,  specifications,  etc.,  297  (K> 

Received  by  depo.sit  >ries.  prior  to  Dec  31,  1862,  and 
returnetl  to  the  Treasury,  but  not  till  afterwards  to 
the  Patent  OfB.e,  198  00 

$5,670  00 

Of  the  above  amount,  $1,667  00  whs  received  during  the  quarter 
ending  Slat  March;  $I,4II2  60  during  the  quarter  ending  .MIth  of 
June;  $1,612  5'>  during  the  qi  arter  ending  oUth  of  September  and 
$992  00  during  the  quarter  ending  3l8t  of  December, 

STATEMENT  No.  2. 

Expenditues  from  the  Patent  Fund,  from  December  3T,  1862,  to 
January  I,  1864 : 

Salary  of  Commissioner,  ^3,000  Ol> 

Salary  (f  assistant  Examiner,  1,750  Ul> 

For  all  other  expenses,  including  psyments  to  tempora- 
ry clerks  occasionally  employed  in  copy  ng,  for  the 
services  of  a  negro  porlei,  the  cost  of  stationery 
etc.,  etc.,  1,019  65 


$5,709  65 

One  patent  was  issued  to  a  citizen  of  Bavaria,  the  rest  were  dis- 
tributed among  the  several  States  of  the  Confederacy,  as  follows: 

To  the  citizens  of  Virginia,  33 

**         **       **  Georgia,  II 

"         "       '*  Missouri,  9 

"         ♦*       "   Texas,  8 

«'          u       4.  North  Carolina,  7 

♦♦          ♦*       *'   Alabama,  6 

'♦         **       *'  Mississippi,  4 

*'         '*       "  Louisiana,  4 

*'         **       "  Kentuj&ky,  3 

"         *'       "  South  Carolina,  2 

"         "       "  Arizona  Territory,  1 


Thirty-one  of  the  patents  issuril.  cover  improvements  in  fire-arm<», 
projectile-;  or  othfr  war  missiK>p,  or  in  the  mjcbitiery  for  their  mann. 
factiire,  and  a  fair  proportion  of  these  improvements  hiivc  heen  ;vloptcl 
by  the  Government,  and  have  proven  of  practical  porvice  and  valuij 
to  it,  in  its  military  operations  and  in  the  prepcration  of  ita  oidnanco 
supplies. 

A  part  of  the  patents  issued  were  founded  upon  appli  ations  fi'el 
during  the  two  pveceeding  years,  so  thar  a  larger  nuni*>er  of  cases, 
presented  in  1863,  were  rejected  than  the  above  tabular  statement 
vrould  indicate  wjihout  this  exphuiation. 

It  will  be  sien  that  the  revenue  of  the  ofRce  for  the  year.  ha«  not 
ben  quite  equal  to  its  outlay  ;  hut  it  will  n\<o  be  seen,  tltat  the  differ- 
ence is  so  suiali  as  to  be  merely  nominal.  That  amid.-<t  all  the  excite- 
ments aii'l  embarrassments  of  the  times  and  in  view  of  the  enormous 
cost  of  stationery  and  other  iridispen.sable  things  reqnirrd  by  it,  in  the 
transaction  of  the  business  with  which  it  is  charged,  the  Patent  Office 
has  been  forced  to  draw  from  its  surplus  fund  loss  than  one  buii<lred 
dollars,  in  a  whole  j'ear's  operatior.s,  is  a  result  that  coubi  hardly  havo 
be  n  expected;  and  further  evidence  is  afl'orded  by  the  griti'ying 
fact,  of  the  strong  tendency  and  devotion  of  our  people  to  the  culti- 
vation of  the  arts  and  sciences. 

The  fact  also  demonstrates  the  ability  of  thr-  office  to  .=  ii'*tii:n  itself 
with  ease  in  a  time  of  peace,  with  a  tariff  of  fees  grt'afly  bnlow  the 
standard  now  fixed  by  the  statute.  The  marked  dinunnti  -n  nt"  receipts 
during  the  last  euarter,  alone  defeated  the  pleasing  hupj  n  til  thei 
entertained,  that  the  operation.s  of  the  3'ear  would  ehow  an  a«lditioa 
to,  and  not  a  substractioa  from,  the  amount  in  the  treasury  bv.longing 
to  the  patent  fund  at  the  commencement  of  the  year.  1  he  expre.s- 
sion,  '•leloitging  to  the  patent  fun<l,"  is  used  advisedly. 

The  patent  fund  is  set  apart  by  the  act  establishing  the  Patent 
Office  for  the  exclusive  use  and  I  enefit  of  that  office.  It  does  not 
belong  to  thj  general  trefisury.  and  cannot  be  appli  -d  by  the  (fovern- 
ment  to  the  purposes  of  the  general  treasury.  As  a  different  impres- 
sion prevails  in  many  quarters,  it  will  not  be  out  of  place  to  qunto 
those  clauses  of  the  lav/  on  which  this  opinion  rests;  am!  to  say  that 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  in  accord  with  the  commissioner  in 
the  con.-truclioii  as  above  given'to  these  clauses.  Section  -i.i,  of  tho 
act  of  May  2 let,  1861    is  in  the>-e  words: 

*' '1  hat  all  moneys  paid  into  the  trea.-ury  of  the  Confe-'eriitc  States 
for  patents,  :ind  for  fees  for  copies  furnished  by  the  Comuii.-sioner, 
shall  be  carried  to  the  patent  fuml  created  by  this  i-ct ;  and  tlig 
moneys  constituting  said  fund  shall  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby, 
appropriat  d  for  the  payment  of  thvi  salaries  of  the  officers  and  (derka 
provided  by  this  act,  and  all  other  expenses  of  the  Patent  Office, 
including  all  the  expenditures  provided  for  by  this  act;  and  als«>  f  r 
«och  other  purposes  as  are  or  may  be  hereafter  specially  provided  for 
by  law.  And  the  Commissioner  is  hereby  au'horized  to  draw  upon  such 
fund,  from  time  to  time,  for  such  sums  as  shall  be  necessary  to  carry 
into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  act,  governed,  however,  by  the  several 
limitations  herein  contained.'* 


^j<^j/ai 


Ani\  poctinn  IS,  of  tlic  same  net.  enart:'  fuitlicr: 

*•  'J'hat  h1!  DiOiicv  received  bj  the  coiiimissicmer,  under  tliis  act, 
eltall  l)e,  by  him,  p:ii<1  into  the  ireasury,  and  phiill  constitute  a  fuml 
for  the  payment  of  the  saliiriea  of  ofUcers  and  elerkw  herein  provijt-d 
fur,  and  h!I  other  exp'-nsos  of  the  PaieJit  UfRce,  ui\d  to  le  lalk-d  a 
jiatfiii  fond." 

The  P;itent  Ofiiec  has  ben  in  operation  since  the  22d  of  May,  T  Gl, 
and  the  oe<'a8i(»n  is  not  inappropriate  to  explain  the  mannei  in  which, 
fitder  authority  and  by  direction  of  «  xi;^tin;i;  laws,  it  endeavors  t<»  c;irr\; 
into  cfiect,  or,  more  properly,  ha-i  carried  irito  effect,  the  con.stitu- 
tiniKil  provision  in  bc'lialt"  and  for  the  benefit  of- inventors,  li  nova- 
tion Hiid  change  have  infinite  charms  to  the  imaginations  of  many 
•|)erBonH,  «nd  it  is  not.  therefore,  at  all  surprisiug,  that  there  are  those 
■who  Hilvocate  the  p  licy  of  changing  the  i'aleut  Odice,  as  at  pres-ent 
orgaiii'/.vd  and  adnsinli-tercd,  into  an  offiec  of  rec(rd  simjdy,  in  which 
any  inventor  or  disvoverer,  putative  or  real,  may  file  his  npecfica- 
t>one  and  claim  of  invention,  and  demand  a  paiei  t.  The  advocates  of 
€uch  a  chairge  r'ondly,  but  delusively,  suppose  that  litigr.tion  about 
patents  vi'l  theielty  be  diminished,  and  that  more  effectual  protection 
will  be  nfforded  to  iho  purchasers  of  paiented  articles  than  is  enjoyed 
hy  tbtni  ui'<lcr  prchciit  laws  After  explaiiiing  the  "woiking  of 
the  l'«tcjit  OlTicc,  as  now  ordeied,  it  may  be  well,  therefore,  biiefly  to 
point  to  a  few  of  the  <  I'jeciions  that  lie  against  this  schtMne,  J»nd  thus 
show  ihe  evil  efft  cts  thit  would  follow  its  adoption.  The  di^co'^sion 
may  be  Uhcful  and  can  do  no  harm. 

'J  lie  C'oni^titui'on  ('f  the  Confi  derate  States  in  articdc  one,  section 
eight,  gives  to  Cong;e.-s  the  power  "To  pr'.inote  the  progrf'ss  of 
ecieiice  and  u-cful  ;-jt8,  by  stcuiing,  for  limited  times,  to  authors 
and  inventors  the  exclusive  right  to  their  respective  'writings  and 
■discoveries,"  and  in  the  same  stction  the  further  power  is  gianted 
•*7ro  make  all  l.iws  whieh  shall  he  necessary  and  proper  for  carrying 
into  execution  the  foregoing  poweis."  In  conformity  Aviih  thei^e 
con!-tjtutio)ihl  jrovisions.  Congress  deemed  it  necessary  and  proper  to 
pass  an  act,  cntilted  "  An  Act  to  estaldi^h  a  Patent  OiTice,"  kc  .  ap- 
proved May  2lbt,  1801.  and  by  authority  of  this  act  the  Patent 
Uflfice  was  duly  oigu.ized.  The  Patent  laws  of  the  Confederarei 
States  are  Pub.Htantiaily  the  same  as  those  that  were  enacted  'ytha 
Congress  of  tlie  United  States,  on  the  4th  of  July,  5S36,  and  which 
liave  been  in  force  in  that  country  ever  frince.  The  system  in  opera- 
tion under  our.own  law,  as  well  as  that  wiiich  has  prevailed  in  the 
United  States  subsequent  to  the  pa<isageof  the  above-mentioned  act, 
contemplates  that  previous  to  the  granting  of  a  patent,  or  ;he  rejec-! 
lion  of  an  ajiplication,  a  rigid  and  thorough  examinaii  n  shall  be  tnadei 
to  ascertain  whether  the  specifications,  diawings  and  model,  which 
the  law  requires  to  be  filed  liy  ttie  applicant,  as  part  of  his  applica- 
tion, are  in  proper  form  ;  and  whether  the  description  in  the  specifi- 
cations and  the  representation  upon  thc/drawings  and  in  the  model 
c^rre>pond  in  every  luaterial  part.  The  applicant  is  also  re(iuired, 
l)tfore  the  ca^e  is  decided  upon  its  merits,  to  limit  his  claim  to  a 
ijecific  andsucciact  statement  of  what  he  alleges  to  be  his  iuvehtion, 


or,  in  the  words  of  the  statute,  to  partioulaily  .^peciTy  and  p'>iiit  out  tho 
part,  improvement,  or  combination  which  he  chumtj  as  hid  oa'h  inven- 
tion or  discovery." 

The  precipe  adju-tme>it  of  these  points  is  of  the  highest  importvnco 
to  the  invetiter  as*  well  as  to- the  p^iblic.  X  patont  is  •-*  i^ri'ic  by  th(5 
Government  to  the  inventor,  of  ihe  excl.i.sive  right  for  a  term  uf 
years  of  practicing  his  invention,  in  con.sideratioa  of  wliich  ho  gives 
to  the  public  the  benefit  resulting  from  that  i[ivcntiiin,  euher  during 
ttjte  existence  of  the  grant,  or  after  tlie  expiration  of  the  pitent,  when 
the  invention  becomes  the  property  of  the  public  at  large.  The  t^po- 
cifications  should,  therei^ore,  clearly  describe,  and  the  drawing's  ati'l 
modtd  should  fully  and  exactly  r'>pre>!ent  the  invention  of  the  apf)!i. 
cant  in  all  its  parts,  in  <irder  to  determine  with  precis  on  the  extent 
of  the  r-ght  secured  to  the  patentee,  and  protect  him  ag  iin>t  infriny;*'- 
ment ;  and  also  to  enable  the  public  to  make  and  use  said  invention 
alter  the  expiration  of  the  patent  right. 

After  matters  of  mere  form  an«l  description  arc  thus  dispo.-scl  of, 
the  application  is  examined  upcn  its  merits,  in  order  to  d- termine 
whethei  the  suppoited  invention  ."had  not  been  invt'nted  or 
discovered  by  any  other  per: on  in  this  corntry  prior  t-^  the  alb-g-.d 
invention  or  di>*covcry  thereof  by  the  applicant,"  or  whethi.*r  '-it  bad 
been  j)aiented  or  described  in  any  printed  publication,  in  this  or  any 
foreign  country,  or  had  b  en  in  public  use  or  on  sal  ■,  with  he  ap-di- 
cant's  consent  or  allowance,  prior  to  the  application."  In  the  exami- 
nation instituted  in  obedi«^nce  to  the  above  direction,  the  law  and  iho 
facts  bearing  upon  the  case  are  carefully  weighed  an<l  considered  ; 
and  if  the  novdty  of  the  thing  d.iimed  is  fully  rubstantiated,  an  I  iH 
utility  mnnifest,  a  patent  is  allowe<l.  But  if,  on  the  contrary,  it 
appears  thiit  the  alleged  ijiveniion  or  discovery  has  been  previously 
ktiown  or  used,  or  patented  or  described  in  any  printed  public  ition,  ;i 
patent  is  refused,  ami  the  lecson  of  such  refusal  is  communicated  to 
the  ijppli'^ant,  Avho,  on  rencwiug  his  oath,  may  require  that  \i'\4  caso 
be  re  ex:imined.  If,  on  the  second  examination,  the  thecvs.- isag-iiu 
rejected,  the  applicant  may  appeil  to  the  Corumi?sioner,  and  fioin  the 
Commissioner  to  the  Attorney  General.  In  the  last  resort  he  miy 
take  his  case  to  a  Confederate  States  District  Court,  and  thence,  b/ 
writ  of  error  or  appeal,  as  the  case  may  require,  if  the  djcisior:  be 
adverse  to  him,  to  the  iSuprem"  Court  of  the  Conf  derate  States  Thus 
it  will  be  seen,  that  if  the  applicant  be  entitled  to  a  patent,  he  cannot 
fail  to  succeed  in  securing  his  right,  if  not  in  tho  Hr.st  iustiuice,  at 
least  on  appeal.  Tnis  searching  prccedi-nt  eximinition  protects  the 
inventor  against  litigation  arising  from  conflicting  cl.ums,  because 
patents  are  refused  to  all  appTrar.ts  whose  claim  to  priority  13  not 
estahlisheii.  Hence  two  pateiits  covering  the  same  inven'ion,  ami 
containing  the  same  claim,  can  never  be  granted.  Inventors  are  gen- 
erally puor  men,  and  it  would  be  a  maui  cs*:  hardship  as  it  would  be 
palpably  unjust,  to  expose  them  to  the  risk  of  expensive  litigation, 
by  allowing  every  pretender  to  obtain  a  p  itent  under  a  ditfereut  rule. 
Without  this  .sy?tem  of  examination,  the  parent  law  would  pn.tect, 
the  piratical  imposter  equally  with  the  meritorious  inventor.     But  iho 


jircgcnt  Rj^tem  protects  not  alone  the  true  inventor,  it  also  g^uardsthe- 
jyublic  Mg  liiiiHi  fiMud  an<]  itnposition. 

A  pateiii  \niu^  a  gfjiiit  to  ail  exclu-^ive  right  to  practice  an  inven- 
tion for  H  tcini  of  years,  it  necessarily  preclii'les  the  publii',  from 
iiifmi^rii)^  uiKMi  that  grant.  But  if  every  impostor  who  claims  to  he 
811  inveiiti»r  may  take  out  a  patent,  the  effect  of  snch  a  dispensation 
of  the  piiioiit  law,  would  deprive  the  true  inventor  of  Kuch  protec- 
tion, Hud  ill  the  t-nme  lime  he  1  ighly  piejudicial  to  th(>  inieiest  of 
§«'Cicty  ;  fur,  if  that  which  is  claimed  to  be  au  invention  has  been 
jireviously  known  and  used,  an  1  a  patent  is  ipsued  on  the  d  mand  of 
ba  RpjdicHnt  covering  euch  invention,  the  public  is  unjujstly  deprived, 
ty  the  action  of  the  law,  of  the  property  common  to  all;  and  tho 
law.  which  biiould  be  the  fountain  of  justice,  would  givo  its  s.inction, 
in  the  most  holi'uin  form,  to  fraud,  oppression,  and  usurpation. 

It  is  {i\i<  the  «;ourt3  of  the  country  might  he  appealeil  to,  if  provi- 
6i.)n  were  njadc  to  that  effect,  iind  a  patent  obtained  un<'.T  false  sug- 
gestions might  Ije  declared  invalid;  but  here  the  objection  m-.iy  be 
u  ged  Willi  Hiill  greater  force,  that  such  a  latitU(^e  in  the  granting  of 
jau-nt  rightH  wouid  lead  to  the  most  harrassing  and' ruinous  litigation. 
It  jatents  were  irisued  to  every  applicant  without  previous  e.Kiuiina- 
ti  II,  tvo  as  to  anive  at  a  ju^t  conclusion  with  reference  to  the  novelty 
and  utility  of  an  invention,  the  spurious  inventor  would,  through  the- 
instiumeiit-iluy  (if  a  formal  grant  from  the  Government,  impose  upon 
the  public  by  -ding  to  innocent  purchasers  the  right  to  ue  articles 
of  common,  if  not  general,  use,  and  to  which  he  had  no  more  right 
than  any  oiher  individual  in  the  community. 

ilic  l.iw  v.ould  thus  be  made  in.struinental  for  the  perpttration  of 
fraud,  whic.i  ought  to  be  avoiiled,  if  possible,  by  restricting  the  grant 
ct  a  patent  t  the  true,  or  original,  and  first  inventor  only.  The  plan 
of  granting  j>ateijts  to  every  ap[»licant  without  examination  as  to  the 
liovelty  of  the  invention,  is  adverse  to  the  spirit  and  letter  of  the 
Constiiutiun,  which,  in  its  intent  and  purport,  contemplates  the 
securing  of  »n  exclusive  right  for  limited  times,  to  invkntoks,  and 
iiot  to  tnarlitans  and  pretenders.  The  constitutional  provision  is 
Only  complied  wiAi  by  first  ascertaining,  aii  far  as  this  can  be  done. 
Tvh'i  is  ica'iy  an  inventor.  Nor  is  it  any  answer  to  this  argument, 
that  the  Couledeiatc  States  Patent  Office  is  without  the  necessary 
Iboks  o(  n  ference  and  other  data,  to  enable  it  to  determine  this  ques- 
tion in  eveiy  iasiaucc  correctly,  and  that  it  is  consequently  obliged 
Btimetimes  lu  allcw  a  i  atent  to  issue  for  an  invention  thao  is  not  new. 
The  evil  18  comparatively  siuall,  and  the  remedy  \\ill  come  with  the 
€',h  V  blessings  which  a  p.^aco  will  brin;j  to  us, 

By  makin:^  the  i'ai.ent  OiKoe  an  office  of  record  merely,  patent.s 
vould  be  ^:ia!ited  to  ;ill  applic  ints  indiscriminately,  and  endless  con- 
fubion,  conflict  and  litigation,  would  inevitably  result.  Nor  is  euch  a 
Bystem  i.ew.  It  was  trie!  under  the  act  of  April  10,  17:)(l,  and  the 
8ct  of  February  21,  I7f).3.  in  the  United  States,  but  was  found  utterly 
iosulficient  to  aocompiish  the  olgecis  of  the  constitutional  provision, 
■Kiii jh  is  the  saijij  as  ours.  The  di-'fects  of  these  laws  were  remedied 
by  the  act  of  July  -i,  1836,  of  which  our  law,  excepting  some  amend 


mendments,  is  substantially  a  trnnpcript.  The  o^^ject  and  end  of  this 
law  is  to  secure  the  exclusive  right  to  praciee  an  invention  to  the 
original  and  first  invento**,  and  it  has  produced  the  most  magnificent 
results  in  its  practical  oper;:tion  in  the  United  States.  It  encouraged 
the  meritorious  inventor,  and  stimnhited  the  niechanica!  genius  of 
that  country  to  such  a  degree,  t]\at  in  the  development  of  mechanical 
skill  and  the  practice  of  the  useful  arts,  the  people  of  the  United 
States  entered  into  successful  competition  with  the  people  of  France 
and  England,  almost  from  the  very  day  of  ire  enactment.  It  was  by 
virtue  of  the  protection  guarantied  by  this  law  to  the  true  inventor, 
that  the  electric  telegraph,  the  reaping  machine,  'he  sewing  machine, 
and  many  other  equally  valuable  li^or  and  time-aaving  machines,  were 
created  and  given  to  man.  And  even  wi  bin  the  sh:>rt  period  that  has 
elapsed  since  the  organiz.ition  of  the  Confederate  States  Patent  Office, 
the  present  law  has  been  in  successful  operation;  and  notwithstanding 
that  the  minds  of  our  people  h we  been  diverted  from  the  pursuits  of 
peace,  and  a  majority  of  our  thinking  men  have  been  in  the  army,  and 
hence  removed  quite  away  from  the  walks  of  invention,  it  Js  not  too 
much  to  suy  that  it  has  earned  some  little  measure  ttf  reputation  as  a 
useful  and  meritorious  establishment. 

In  a  new  country  like  our  o\vn.  jui^t  starting  cut  on  a  new  and  in- 
dependent career  of  national  life,  it  would,  indeed,  be  a  hazardous  ex- 
periment to  open  the  door  of  Icral  protection  t^>  every  iuipostor  whose 
dbject  it  is  to  crush  the  well-de>.e!ving  and  it'.gcniuus  inventor,  who 
has  devoted  his  means  ami  his  intellect  to  the  improvement  of  the  arts, 
which  are  so  conspicuously  and  ifitimatelv  blended  with  all  that  per- 
tains to  li^odern  civilization,  and  wrest  from  him,  by  falsehood  and 
cunniri£r.  the  earnin2:s  of  his  biHop  and  the  fruits  of  his  toil. 

Finally,  to  make  the  Patent  Office  a  mere  office  of  record,  would  be 
as  unjust  as  it  would  be  impolitic.  It  wouhl  invalidate,  to  a  great 
degree,  the  vested  rights  of  onr  citizens  who  have  acquired  patent 
rights  under  the  old  government,  as  well  as  under  the  Government  of 
the  Confederate  States.  It  would  bring  into  competition  with  them 
thousands  of  unscrupulous  adventurers  ami  speculators,  who  have 
nothing  to  lose  and  all  to  gtiin  ;  and  the  flood  gates  of  litigation 
would  thus  bo  thrown  open  to  dishearten  the  true  inven-tor,  and 
check  if  it  did  not  wholly  arrct^t.  all  further  development  and  progress 
in  that  useful  and  benificent  iifld  in  which  o>ir  people  have  already 
entered  with  so  much  zeal,  and  with  such  fair  promises  of  success. 
In  coi»idering  this  subject,  the  fn^t  has  not  been  overlooked,  that  in 
England  the  patent- office  is  attached  t.>  the  Court  of  Chancery,  and  is 
an  office  of  record  only. 

But  in  Englai.d  the  mechanic  arts  have  already  attaiu'^d  a  high 
degree  of  perfection,  and  needbnt  little  enconragement  and  protection 
from  the  Government.  Litigation  is  aho,  to  a  great  extent,  pre- 
vented by  the  exaction  of  the  enormous  fee  of  five  hundred  dollars 
from  every  applicant  for  a  paten' — another  object  being  to  swell  the 
revenue  of  the  Government.  But  although,  owing  to  this  expedient, 
applications  for  patents  are  rart^ly  filed,  except  for  invention  ?  of  great 
value,  and  impostors  are  restrained  from  seeking  conflicts  with  other 


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patentees,  the  fivstcm  has  been  found  oftentimes  to  work   great  in- 
justice. 

Somo  of  tU  most  distiiiguished  laborers  in  the  cnuse  of  sciencf*, 
wjiose  naraefl  a<iorn  the  history  of  Eiigl:in>l.  were  suffi-rers  f -(mh  the 
operation  of  the  very  liw  'hat  shouM  have  piotectel  ihein.  Thf  dis- 
heartening  vexations  and  hisse.*  to  which  the  ceh  hrati'<l  Jnin-^s  Watts 
was  subjected,  whilst  «levotiiig  himself  lo  the  improvoment  f  the  ft(atu 
engine,  in  coiiseqaence  of  the  ii«cilify  with  which  piUent.s  were  granted 
to  others  for  itiveutions  clearly  his  own,  will  he  remembered  as  sbamo 
fully  ilhistniting  the  in]j->erfi-ction  of  the  Kr.<ili.-h  laws. 

But  the  r^titriciive  expedients  jigniui-t  the  granting  of  patent  rights, 
which  ohtain  in  Engl  ind,  could  not  be  adopted  \u  this  country.  The 
-ixaction  of  unreasonable  fees  from  inventors  would  no:  only  be  unjii.'*t ; 
it  would  also  be  unconstitution;.!.  The  Gonfedcritf  Governiuent  has  no 
right  to  tax  one  cla-i.'  of  the  community  for  tl;c  pur  poseof  rai-ing  rev- 
enue for  the  benefit  of  all  other  clas^scs  ;  for  tax  ition,  d-jclares  the 
ConstituUon,  must  be  unif  irm.  The  fees  paid  by  invent  jrs,  tinder 
the  present  law,  are  intended  only  to  sustaiti  ami  sopfjort  the  Patent 
OiBce ;  an  institution  established  fur  the  ex.dusivc  beiicht,  in  the  firs^t 
instance,  of  inventors,  and  they  nre  not  intonded  to  be,  ami  ought 
not  to  be,  a  source  of  revenue  to  the  Govcrntnent,  The  payiuent  of 
prohibitory  or  restrictive  taxes  in  the  form  of  large  fees  by  inventors, 
in  a  country  where  invention  is  Btill  in  its  infancy,  and  needs  the 
most  kindly  fosterage  and  encouragement,  wouhl  assuredly  be  attended 
i\ith  the  most  disastrous  results.  It  would  crush  to  death  all  disposi- 
tion and  effort  on  the  part  of  our  people  to  cultivate  natural^djilosophy 
and  the  kindred  arts  and  science^,  and  place  them,  after  the  war,  in 
the  Bamc  position  of  helpless  dependency  to  our  hitter  foes  which  they 
held  before  the  war,  and  force  us  once  itiore  to  look  to  these  enemies 
for  nearly  every  appliance  of  comi'ort  and  convenience  reijuired  in  the 
ecouo:ijy  of  the  hu::iblesi  home  in  our  lunrl. 

Jieverting  for  a  moment,  before  closing  this  report,  to  the  subject  of 
the  financen,  it  is,  perhaps,  proper  to  say.  that  unless  the  enemy  shall 
bpeedily  be  driven  bach,  and  the  area  of  our  territory  that  is  in  com- 
munication with  tlic  seat  of  (jiovcrnment  shall  be  thus  enlarged,  it  can 
hardly  be  expcirted  that  a  considerable  fal.ing  olf  of  rovchue  will  not 
take  place  during  the  ptesent  year.  Nevertheless,  there  are  good 
grounds  for  believing  that  the  Patent  Office  will  c  iitinue  to  sustain 
itself  as  hitherto,  without  any  assistance  from  the  Government- 
Respectfully, 

RUKUS  R.  RHODES, 
Cofn?7iisg  omr  of  Patents. 


CLASSIFIED  LIST  OF  PATENTS  for   Inventions  or  Discoveries 
granted  durinp;  the  year   I8G3. 

Class  I. — Agricultural,  including    Imphnamtft,  &'c. 

lo9.  PLnigh  gang,  0,  L.  Baile/,  Dallas,  Texis,  April  IG,  «8Go. 

147.  IMoug  :  gang.  Tlenrv  F.  Croniwell,  Cynthiana,  Kv.,  Feb.  M, 
1863. 

lo2.  Plough,  E.  S.  Cook,  Laurel  Grove,  Va  ,  M-'.rch  13,  1863. 

177.   Churn,  A.  C.  Elder,  Winnsboro',  S.  C,  June  5,  18G3. 

208.   Fertilizor,  Heniy  Fitzgerald,  Norfclk,  Va,  October  19.  18G3. 

21'.  Huller  cotton  s^eed,  Isaac  Mitchell.  Columbus.  Ga.,  OctA/aor 
26,  18C3. 

142.  Plough.  G.  S,  Newman,  assignor  to  A.  P.  Ro'ett,  Somerset, 
Va.,  January  2!>,  1863. 

141     Ploug.i,  Lawsou  G.  Peel,  Preston,  Ga.,  January  15,  iSo3 

13.0.  Plouirh  and  scraper  cotton,  Heriry  G.  Street,  Warren  county. 
Miss.,  Jan  ISth,  1863. 

183,   Churn,  John  Stilwcll,  Griffin,  Ga  .  July  15,  1803. 

Class  II. — Mttallurgy. 

164.   Fire  tongs,  N.  J.  B.,  April  26,  1863. 

22'l.  Horse  shoe  machine,  J.  P.  Shaw,  IMehmond,  Va,.  December 
14,  18G3. 

Class  III. — Manufacture  of  Fibrous  suhytancts,  including  Machinvs. 

217.  Loom,  Benjamin  T.  ilollowav.  Ilillshoro',  N.  C,  November 
21,  1863. 

156.  Se-wing  machine  shuttle,  George  11.  Lenher,  Richmond,  Va., 
March  26,  1863. 

17l».  Sewing  machine  shuttle,  George  H.  Lcuher.  Richmond,  Va., 
May  9,  1863. 

204.  Method  of  repairin.:r  cotton  card^^,  James  Peeler,  Baitow,  Ga  , 
October  6,  1863. 

189.  Loom,  Hughes.  Penderg^^^:?.«  k  Snow,  Monroe,  Ga.,  August 
10,   18&3. 

Class  IV. — C/umical  Froce  scs,  Manufacture  and  Coinpounds. 

134.  Composition  for  finishing  leather,  Henry  T.  Beard,  Emery, 
Miss.,  Jan.  7,  '863. 

219.  Mode  of  preserving  meat,  Louisiana  Boykin,  Glennville,  Ala.» 
Nov.  2  1,    1863. 

1  i9.  Tanning,  S.  A.  Hickel,  Lewisburg,  Va  ,  June  18,  1863. 


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188,  ProceBf>  of  producing  copperas,  Homer  IIollan«l,  Charlotte, 
N   C,  Aug.  I<»,  18  3." 

I5M.   Tanning,  J.  A.  Park,  Seq urn,  Texas,  March    10,  18G3. 

173.  rrncesK  of  producing  istearine  from  tallow,  F.  F.  Taber, 
Atlanta.  CJa  .  M»j  2  •,  l«G3. 

145.  Sulphuric  acui.  method  of  constructing  chamber,  Charles  II. 
Win^ton.  Pti.'hmord,  V;»..  F-.;b.  2.  1863. 

18H.  Varnish.  Miles  Watcrhouse  and  Wm.  Whealan,  Charlotte,  N. 
C  ,  July  25,    I8G3. 

122.  Lubricating  compound,  A.  C.  Jackson,  Richmond,  Dec.  29, 
1863. 

Cuss    V. — Calorifics. 

2(^5.  Candle  moulding  machine,   Wm,   II.  Hamilton,  Mobile,  Ala., 

Oct.  7,  18i]3. 

215.  Grease  lainps,  E.  Kenpe.  Tliohraond,  Va.,  Nov   T.  KS63. 

146.  Lamp  burner,  B.  II.  Washington,  Hannibal,  Mo.,  Feb.  2, 
1863. 

Cl.\ss  VI, — Navigation. 

168.  Sp.'ir  torpedo,  F.  D.  Lee,  Charleston,  S.  C,  M  ly  4,  1803, 
211.   Submarine  apparatus,  C.  Williams,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Oct.  28, 
1863.- 

Class  VII. — Muth^nnatical  Instruments. 

162.  Instrument  for  measuring  distances,  John  J.  Daly,  New 
Orleans.  Ap:il  18,  1863. 

Cl.\.«s  VIII. — JTydrauUcs. 

157.  Water  wheel,  W.  D.  Ma.son,  Jarratt's  Depot,  Va.,  March  31, 
18G3. 

Class  IX. — Liver  Scnw.  ^c. 

175,  Cotton  tie,  Ciias.  C.  Bior.  Xew  Orleans,  La.,  May  26,  1 863. 

165.  Cotton  tie,  T.  L.  Jones,  N.at«.hez,  Mi.-»s,  May  1,  1853.- 

166.  Cotton  lie,  T.  L.  J.mes,  Natchez-,  Mis  .,  May  1,  1863. 

153.  Modb  of  packing  cotton,  Felix  Walker,  New  Orleans,  La., 
March  13,  1863. 

Class  X. — Mills  and  Mill  Gearing. 

190.  Hominy  mill,  Martin  B.  Tylr,  Richmond,  Va.,  August  10, 
18G3. 


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HO.  Wind  mill,  Wm.  S.  Watkins,  Houston,  Texas,  Jan.  ITth, 
1863. 

Class  XI — Lumber, 

lit.  Button  machines,  Alfred  L.  Bowen,  Winchester,  Va.,  May 
25.   1863. 

169.  Machine  for  cutting  irregular  forms, R.  S.  Dunning,  Atlanta, 
Ga  ,  Miiy  6,  1863. 

136.  Oianips  for  lathes,  Geo.  II.  Lenher,  Richmond,  Va.,  Jan.  15, 
1863. 

137.  Turning  lathe,  Geo.  II.  Lenher,  Rirhrabnd,  Va.,  Jan.  15,  1863. 
13-<.   Lathe  tool,  Gt^o.   II.  Lenher,   Vlichraond,    Va  ,  Jan.  15.  1863, 
158    La  he,  Geo    II.  Lenher,  Kirhmond,  Va.,  April  6.  1863. 
216.   Automatic   athe,  B.  II.  Waahingion,  Hannibal,  Mo.,  Nov.  18, 

1863. 

Cl\ss  XII. — Lcaiher. 

17  L  Wooden  soled  thoes,  Sylvester  L.  Burford,  Lynchburg,  Va., 
May  21.  '863. 

I6T.  Wuudcn  sole  shoe,  Robert  Creugbaur,  Austin,  Texas,  ^lay  1, 
1863. 

1H5,  Wooden  shoe  sole,  Robt.  Creugbaur,  Austin,  Texas,  Aug.  23, 
1863. 

IhG.  Half  wooden  soled  shoe,  Robt.  Creugbaur,  Austin,  Texas, 
Aug.  28,    1863. 

184.  Machine  for  cutting,  shoe  pegs,  Charles  Knowlton,  Talboton, 
Ga.,  July  22,   1863. 

Htjusehold  FiLrniture. 

141.  Ma'diine  for  malcing  coiT-b.^,  Thos.  Ashcroft,  Talledega,  Ah., 
Jan.  26,  \^ij,\, 

Cl.\ss  XIII. — Firearms  and  Implements  of  War. 

163.  Breech-loading  firearm,  C.  W.  Alexander,  Moorfield,  Va., 
April  18,  1863. 

XA'i.  Trojectile,  R.  II.  Barrett,  Murfreesboro',  jS\  C,  Jan.  26, 
1863. 

16il.  Projectile,  Thomas  II.  Bacon,  Ilancibal,  Mc,  April  15, 
1863. 

174.   Fuse,  Wm   Le  Roy  Browne,  Ivy  Depot,  Va.,  May  25,  1863. 

1.^2.  Fuse.  Guago,  ani  cucter,  Albert  Blv^omer,  Richmond,  Va., 
July  15.    1863. 

187.  T<>i|.i-do,  A.  Barbarin,  New  Orleans,  La.,  Aug.  5,  1863. 

133.   l'/<joui.le,  Aionzo  C.  Chiun,  Mubile,  Ala.,  Jan.  3.   1863. 


li 

181.  Explosive  apparutu?,  Benjamin  M.  Cook,  Ki:ist>n,  N.  C,  July 
li».    186.1. 

I!t|.  rroj.'ctile.  II.  Conner,  Mobile.   Ala.,  Au:.'.  22,  I8G3. 

If^2.  DiCcch-li'adnig  canno.i,  IT.  (.'onnor,  Mobile,  Ala.,  Aug.  22. 
1863. 

I!J7.  Torpedo,   Robert  Cresezhaur,  Austin,  T»^xaH,  Aug.  31,  1863. 

17G.  Fme.  I-i'lor  I*.  Girjirdy,  Augusta,  Gi.,  June  5,  1863, 

178.  Revolving  firearm,  Asj:  Gojrgc,  Charlotte,  N.  C  ,  June  10, 
186:i. 

N9.  Breech  plug,  D.  W,  Hughes,  Don  Juan,  Arizona  Ter.,  Feb, 
J  8,    186.1, 

lol,  Rcvdving  firearuiH,  A.  T.fgdcn,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  March  I<>. 
18t.3, 

150.  Ptojpctilo.  Philip  E,  Love,  Augustn,  Ga,,  July  22,  18G3. 
ISfj,  Fu>c,  C    A.  M.Fvoy,  Kiehmond,  Va.,  Jan,  7,  1863. 
198  T..rpe.lo,  Z.  Mc Daniel,  Gla  gow,  !•  y  ,  Sept.  8,  1863. 

190.  Breech-loading  firearn),  Thos.  Morse,  Richmond,  Va.,  Sept. 
Kb    1863. 

2(»2.   Torpedo,  Z.  McDaniel,  Gl-.ifgow,  Ky.,  Sept.   fl,  1863. 

151.  Breech-lu;i<ling  firearms,  N.  T.  Read,  Danville,  Va.,  March 
2  b  1803. 

2tiib   Torpedo,  E.  C.  Snig- r.  Port    Liuuca.  Te.xan,    Sept.   [."i,  1863. 

2  !9.  Cap  tilling  machine.  W.  II.  S-.iiiih,  RichtLOud,  Va.,  Oct.  21, 
1563. 

148.  Breech-loading  firearm,  J.  II.  Tarpley,  Greensboro',  N.  C, 
Yah.  11,  180  i. 

194.  Bullet  machine,  R.  J.  White  and  Geo.  II  Leaner,  Richmond, 
Va.,  Aug   25.  181)3. 

2<l3.  Machine  for  castirig  friciioa  tubes,  B.  II.  Washington,  Ilanui- 
bal.  Mo.,  S«'pt  21.  1863. 

2li.  Bullet  Kwagirig  niathine,  B.  II.  Washington,  Hannibal,  Mo., 
Oct.  29,  1863. 

213.  Machine  for  cutting  and  .^enuting  friction  wires,  B.  II.  W^ash- 
ingt(m.  llinnibal.  Mo.,  Oct.  31,  1863. 

211.  Machine  fwr  finishing  cannon,  B.  II.  Wabhington,  Hannibal, 
Mo.,  Nov.  5,  1863. 

2! 8.  Machine  for  casing  cannon,  B.  II.  Wa.-hington,  Hannibal,  Mo., 
Mov.  23,  1863. 

161.  Machine  for  filling  cartridges,  Ellis jn  Yeiby,  Richmond,  "\''a.. 
April  15,  lt)63. 

Cl.vps  XV. — Surgical  Instruments,  Sfc. 

155.   Artificial  leg,  Jas.  E  Hanger,  Staunton,  Va.,  March  23,  1863. 
2U1.  Artificial  leg,  Ja8.  E.  ILnigor,  Staunton,  V:i.,   Aug.  18,  1863. 

Class  XVI. — Miscellaneous. 

206.  Spur,  E.  S.  Alexander,  Moorfield,  Va  ;  Oct.  10,  I8G3. 


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180.   Maw:h  cutting  machine,  Wm.  H.  Wilson,  Staunton,  Ya,,  June 
22,  1863. 

Designs. 

193.  Bust  of  Lieut.  Gen.  T.  J.  Jackson,  A.  F.  Volck,  Nuremberg, 
Bavaria,  Aug.  25,  1863. 

He-issues. 

1.  Submarine  apparatus,  C,  Williams,   ?t.  Louis,   Mo.,   Oct.   2S 
1863.  * 


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ALniABETICAL  LIST  OF  PATENTEES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1SG3. 


No. 


Xai)«  of  rar:i«s. 


144.Ah  icufi,  Tliumas, 
lrt.1  Alexniidor,  C.  W., 
20   .AloxHtHlcr.  K.  S., 
1    4  UttHrl.  Henrv  T., 
143  Hurreli.  R.  H., 
Ijy  Unity.  0.  L., 
IfiO  Ui  i.n,  Th  njAS  11., 
171|Buifjr(l,  Sylvfsttr  L., 
]72|«own,  Alfr.-<I  I  ., 

174  Br.wuc.  W.  Lo  Hoy, 

175  Bier,  ClIa^l.•^  C  , 
182:Ulo«n>a.  AUxrl,  nnsignor 

I     fo  W.  N.  Mnith, 
187  BHrbHrio,   A., 
2\'J  B  i\  kin,  Tj  uisian, 
1  ;.'^  (  liinn.  Aliiuio  C, 
147  Cr  mwcil,  Hunry  F., 
15-.' Cook,  E   S., 
167  Oro.izbaur,  Hobt., 
18   .<;..  .k.  H.^r.j.  M., 
iSMlCoiititr,  II., 
l»2!t'onner.  H.. 
1}»5  Cipu/baiir,  Robt., 
laSCn  U7.b  ur,  Hobt., 
ly7|C  cuzDiiur.  U'jb  ., 
)fi2  D.iiv,  J..ljn  .1  , 
16!)  Diiuning,  K.  S., 
Krbl.l  r.  A    C. 
2(18  Fit/..ireral»l.  Henry, 
17t>|>Mrarily,  l*  dur  P., 
irs  Gr.ir^c,  As  •, 
149  H»^''Tus,  I).  W., 
I.').')  ilan^er,  J.iiiio.i  G, 
17y  llickci.  8.  A., 
1>58  Hiill.ind,  H. liner, 
1  ylluj^lis,    etiidcrg&BB 

I     Snow. 
201'Hunger,  Jame^  B., 
20  .!jlainilt>.u.  U'tn.  if., 
217  Hull. .way,  litnj.  P., 
If.J.Joao,  T.  L., 
16«  Junes,  T.  L, 
22l,Jick8  n    A.  C, 
1  4|Kiiuul  un,  CburlcB, 
213  Kuuipv,   i<l.,    as8if<aor  to 

I     hiinii.'lf  and  tu  Dauiul 
Hajjerty. 
136  L.ulicT  Geo.  H  , 
i3?i[i^nhir,  Gto.  H., 
ISajLoiihcr,  (Jfo.  II., 
151  t.cydoa,  H  , 
ISrt'Lo   her.  (Jeo.  H., 
15i  Leuhur.  Ooo.  II., 
168;i-ee,  F.  I>., 
170  U'  .iier.  Geo.  U., 
13.|L..ve.  PbiUip  E.. 
13;''  Mc    voy,  C.  A., 
I57'M'1!.oii.  W.  p., 
1»  i  dcUaniei,  Z., 
iyiilM..r8e,  Thwuiaa, 
20:'  M.l>aniel.  Z, 
2'li|\Iitc  .ell,  I-aao, 
llJl  VcwiuaD,  G.  8..  Assignor 
I     t  >  A.  ".  Routt, 


*) 


Residence. 


luventiuD. 


Da(e. 


THlledega.  Ala., 
M.i  rflcld,  Va., 
.M.M.rftjld.  v.... 
Kmi-iy.   .Mi>si!'sippi, 
M\T  rei'sb'ir  ",  N.  t'., 
Dalla-,  T..xa8, 
Haniiih.il,  M  ... 
Lynchburg.  Va., 
Man.  he^ttr,  \'a., 
Ivy  U<:\:  t, 
.Vcw  OrleaiiB,  I.&., 

Hi  bmond,  Va  , 

Now  Orlfiins.  La., 
(ileiinvillo,  .Ala  , 
.Moblc,  Al... 
Cyn  hi'i:.a,  Ky., 
I,  urcl  tJr  .vi-,  \'a., 
Trivi    .VI.,  'IVsas, 
Ritii-ion,  N    c, 
M   b  le,   A  a., 
M..bilo.  Ala  , 
Austin,  TiXii?, 
Austin,  Texas, 
Austm.  T.Xi.s. 
New  Or  eaue,  L:i  , 
Atlautii,  oa  , 
Wiunsb  r.i'.  S.  C, 
Nori  Ik,  Va., 
ugusiii,  Ga  , 
Ch   rl  :rte,  X.  C, 
Don  Ju^t  '.  .\iizona, 
•Si.auu  on.  V.i., 
L  wisbiirj;.  Va  , 
Ch.irlotte,  N.  C, 

.Monroe,  G  1., 

.Staunton,  Va., 
vlol.ilc,  Ala., 
ililUboro',  N.  C. 
Natch-/.,  .Miss  , 
Na'Cluz.  ,\:is.<., 
lliubuioinl,  Vx,, 
Talboltou,  Ga., 


,.M:K-bioo  ior  ni'ik'g  cotllt1^, 
, Breech  loauiu^  fir«  anus, 
i   pur, 

O.iinp'n  for  finish'g  leather. 
.  I'rojo'^'ile, 

(taii^  pii.U;{h, 

I'rij.  ctilo, 
AVitoild    f>hoe  note. 

Button  Machine, 
'I''u/.e. 
jCuton  Ti'!, 

Fuze,  gauge  and  ;ut'er, 

Ti«r[)edo, 

iM  i.ic  Ml  pre.'ierring  meat, 

I'r-.jjctile, 

G  iii^  plough, 

Fi.auh 
,W  '  -d  aoled  shoo, 

Ivvp  .«.-iiv.j  appar.itu8. 
|i*r  .jtjoti.e, 

jl!r:L-(.-h  loiidin:;  canaun, 
IWoolen  Hole  hIioc, 
111  ilT-woodou  8  <iv  Mhoe, 
;T..r|ie.l(i, 

^I'ls't  f.'r  mea!»r'ij  dis'~a»cu8, 
iMeh'e  t'uru(.'ugirgl'rtorin.s, 
i^'hiirii. 
IForulixor, 
IFiui, 
j  Scvid'  inp  firo  arm, 

Bru.-c-h  |i  ui^, 
|.\r  iliciiil  liuib, 
ITannin.r, 
.P.-0C.-8S  of  prod'g  copperas, 

.L  I'  m. 

I  Artificial  le^, 

Caiiilic  uiuuldint:  machine 

lL..o,n. 

!  Jo  ton  Tie. 

;r.iiton  Tio. 

iLiibnea^iiig  componr»d. 


DacLuiefvir  c'.g  ahoo  gugs. 


Ilichmond,  Va.,  (Hreaso  Lamp, 


Kicbniond,  Va., 
''iciirnond,  Va., 
Richm'Mid.  Va., 
All.iuta,  G  I  , 
Kii'liin  ind,  Va., 
Ricbiiiiiiid,  Va., 
Chitrlcu^ton,  .'^.  C, 
KicbiU'.uil,  Va., 
Augusta,  (Ja., 
Rii'litn  iiid,  Vu., 
Jiirratt'a  Depjt,  Va., 
Glas/ow,  Ky.. 
Kiuhtnoiid,  Va., 
Gliisgiiw,  Ky  , 
Coiuiubus,  Ga., 

Somerset,  Va.. 


i('lamp<  for  'atho.«, 
iT    ruing  1  ilho, 
I  Lithe  tool, 
I  Revolving  fire  armx, 
Ls..-Hring  machine  shuttle, 
L.tl.e, 

rf   iir  torpedo, 
.Sewing  machine  sbattln, 
Priiieutito, 
Fuze, 

W.tt  r  Wheel, 
Tiirpedo, 

Bieecli  loading  fire  arm, 
I'oi  p.«  lo, 
C.it'ou  ..<eed  buHer, 

Pl..uirh, 


Jan.  2ftv  l!i63 

A|.'l   l^ 

t< 

O.-u    10, 

■Jan.     7, 

.lai.  26. 

A|.'l    16. 

p'l    1.5 

.May  '2», 

.M.iv  2.). 

M.iv  2.'>, 

M.i     iiO, 

Ji.ly  15, 

Aiu'.    5, 

Nov.  24. 

J  111.     .3, 

Fob.  14. 

.M^.r.  13. 

Vi.iv     1. 

JiiU   10. 

jAu.,'.  2', 

Au:;.  22, 

All.'  28, 

Aug.  28, 

|Au-.3l. 

'Ao'1   I», 

iMty    6, 

June    5, 

'),■(.    19. 

•Fuuo    5, 

.Line  lU. 

Keb.   18, 

Mir.  2.3, 

June  18, 

\ug.    5, 

Aug.  10. 

Aim.  IS, 

<>ot.     7, 

N  .V.  27. 

Mav     1, 

.Miy     1, 

!)«•.  29, 

•iuly  22. 

V..V.    4,  " 

.Fan.  15,  " 

Ian.   Id,  " 

.Fin.   l.-),  " 

Mar.  10.  " 

Mar.  2fi,  " 

A  p'l     «.  " 

May     4,  " 

iMay     9,  " 

July  22,  " 

Jan.     7,  " 

Mar.  31,  " 

Sept.    8,  " 

Sept.  10,  " 

Sept.  21.  " 

Oot.    26,  " 

'jan.  20.  " 


J5 


A.LPIIABETICAL  LIST  OF  PATENTEES  FOR  THE  YEAR  1863. 

(Continued.) 


No. 

Names  of  Parties. 

Residence. 

Invention. 

Date 

1-4 

Norri.«,  John  B., 

<'lark  CO.,  Va., 

Fire  tongs, 

Ap'l  20,  1863, 

141 

Peel,  Lawsou, 

P  oston,  Ga., 

flongh, 

Jan    15, 

" 

150 

Park.  J    E., 

Sequin,  Ti  xas. 

T  inning. 

Mar.  10, 

" 

204 

Peeler,  Juiuec, 

Bartow,  Ga., 

viethod  of  repairing  cotton 

card.-:. 

Oct..     6, 

« 

154 

Read.  N.  T.. 

Danville,  V.^  , 

Breech-loading  fire  arms, 

Mar.  20, 

<( 

iat> 

iJtreot,  Henry  G., 

Warrn  co..  Mis.s., 

Ci'itiin  .'■crapcr  and  plough. 

Jan.   15, 

It 

2(iO 

Singer,  E.  P., 

Port  L-i vac  i,  Texas, 

Tonedo, 

Sept.  15, 

it 

18.3 

StillHell,  John, 

Griffin,  Ga., 

Churn, 

July  15, 

<> 

207 

.Smith    <Jeorge  S., 

Kevsviile,  Va,, 

L'  oui. 

Oct.   13. 

It 

209 

Smith.  W.  N., 

Richmond,  Va., 

Cap  tilling  machine, 

Oct.   24, 

't 

220 

Shaw.  J.  P.,  a>eignor  to  1 
W.  T.  Chaffo.                  J 

Richmond,  Va., 

Horse  ^h"e  machine, 

Dec.  24, 

<( 

148 

Tari>lv.  J.  H., 

Green. sb-iro',  N.  C, 

Breech-loading  tire  .nrms. 

Feb.  14, 

(1 

173 

Taber,  F.  F., 

Atlanta,  Ga., 

Proct.ss      cf     pro 'Ucing  • 
steiirine  fro'n  tiillo«,     j 

May  25, 

K 

190 

T'?lor,  Manin  B., 

Hiclimr.nd,  Va., 

llomniiny  mill. 

Aug.  10, 

tl 

ma 

Volck,  A.  F., 

Nurtmburg,  Bav'r, 

I  u,?i  of  LiiuL  Gen.  T.J. ) 
Jai4-3  n. 

Aug.  25, 

<l 

140 

Watkin?,  Wm.  ^. 

Houston,  Texas, 

U  ind  mill. 

Jan.  27, 

<l 

146 

Winston,  Charles  II., 

Kiehmond,  Va., 

M«th(id    of   constructingr  1 

F'iStft',>2, 

tl 

.<ul[p'  uric  acid  chumb'i 

146 

WashiDgf«n,  B.  H., 

Hannibal,  Mo., 

Lamp  burner 

Feb.     2, 

II 

I;.3 

^Val  ei.  Fc  ix. 

New  Orleans.  La., 

Mode  of  packing  cotton, 

Mar.  13, 

It 

180 

WilsoB.  Wm.  H., 

Staunton,  Va., 

M.iich  cuitiijg  machine. 

June  22, 

II 

186 

Wrtterhouse.  M.,  &  Wm.  j 
Wheelau.                          j 

Charlotte,  N.  C, 

V.'irnish, 

July  25, 

it 

194 

White,  K.  J.,  <fc  George 
Lenher.                             J 

Richaiond,  Va., 

Oulel  machine, 

Aug.  25, 

tl 

20.3 

Wa.-hiugton,  B.  H., 

Hannibal,  Mo., 

Miicliinp  for  casting  trie-  ) 

tioQ  lllbl-8,                               J 

Sept.  24, 

II 

211 

Williams,   C. 

St.  Loiiia,  Yo., 

PuWm   rine  apparatus. 

Oct.    25, 

II 

212 

Washingron.  B.  H., 

Han  dbal.  Mo., 

ISullct  sw.igiim:  mac   ine. 

Oct.    29, 

It 

213 

Washiiigton,  B.  H., 

Haaiiibal,  Mu., 

Machine  for  cu  ting  and  ) 
SB;ra;ing  triction  wire   ( 

Oct.    31, 

II 

214 

Washington,  B.  H., 

Hannibal,  Mo., 

Macliino     for     finithiug 
cannon, 

Nov.    5, 

II 

21fi 

Waehingtor.,  B.  II., 

Hannibal,  Mo., 

Automatic  lathe. 

Nov.  18, 

it 

21.'^ 

Washii  Eton.  B.  H., 

Hannibal,  Mo., 

Machine  for  ca.-i'g  cannon. 

Nor.  23, 

U 

Ifil 

Yerby,  Ell. son. 

Richmond,  Va., 

Ma<  hine  for  filling  cart-  1 
ridges                                 j 

Ap'l  15, 

tl 

ik 


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